JJ has released a new video for “Dynasti”. “Dynasti” is the third song to be released as a music video from the band’s most recent album, V, which is out now via Secretly Canadian.

The video for “Dynasti” opens with a night or pre-dawn sequence featuring a person donning a monk-eqsue robe cupping his or her face with hands that are covered with what appear to be blood colored crosses. Next, it moves to a medium shot of a girl with a lot of dark eyeliner and glittery eyeshadow biting her jacket collar. Suddenly, the scene changes to a daytime shot of a person dressed in red carrying a torch across a barren rocky outcropping. Then, it shifts to a night shot featuring ritual masked dancing, a woman covered in glitter singing, and burning pianos.

What does it mean?

Unfortunately, even the press release is opting to leave the meaning to the band and the visual storytellers, who have written the cryptic lines below.

“this is the dynasti when 26 looks back at 24
this is the dynasti when all we wanted was more
this is the dynasti before we grew older
this is the dynasti before you sent no°5 in a zip-folder

this is the dynasti before that last harry potter movie
this is the dynasti before daft punk went groovie
this is the dynasti before the seasons of game of thrones
and before pussy riot entered “holy” zones

this is the dynasti before someone told us sky is the limit
and we rented that sky lift, just to get a wider image

this is the dynasti before sad boys lost gravity
this is the dynasti before someone taught us about naivety
this is the dynasti before they spelled those contracts and wanted us to sign fuzz
and before we begged stole and borrowed everything they never offered us

this is the dynasti before someone told us about money
this is the dynasti before our friends made us richer than honey
this is the dynasti before we knew that this video would be impossible without them
and before we knew our friendship would last until the end

this is the dynasti before hate stroke Showan
this is the dynasti before game was changed by Shyman
this is the dynasti before the world was crying too shy
this is the dynasti before we could go on like nothing happened
this is the dynasti before the streets belonged to us
this is the dynasti before we joined forces
and before bush was fired by moses

this is the dynasti before fågelsången and that twitter
this is the dynasti before you prayed to jesus but bought him on glitter
this is the dynasti before you got a bank deposit box and locked it in
this is the dynasti before we found it on blocket and joined linkedin

this is the dynasti before they dreamt about you and me
this is the dynasti before dean met me
this is the dynasti before we fell apart
this is the dynasti before we were a part of it all

this is the dynasti before
this is the dynasti now
let’s get ready for some mumbo jumbo no° 5”

And, incase you were wondering, “fågelsången” is – at least according to Google Translate – Swedish word that appears to mean “bird song”.

Check out the official extended video: